Grade 8 District Results

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The charts below allow for comparisons to be made between district science performance and the performance for the nation and large cities nationally.

In the Comparison to National Results tab below, performance for public school students in large cities and various districts is compared to the national averages. An up or down arrow for each student group indicates whether scores or percentages in the district were higher or lower than the national average.

In the Comparisons to Large City Results tab, an up or down arrow for each student group indicates whether scores or percentages in the district were higher or lower than the average score for public school students in large cities nationally.

In the tabs showing performance gaps, click on any "sort" button to rank districts numerically by the data in that column. Click on a jurisdiction to see how other jurisdictions compare in terms of statistical significance.

The score gap between White and Hispanic students was wider in Austin than in large city schools nationally, but narrower in Miami-Dade and Milwaukee.

Average scale scores and score gaps for White and Hispanic students in eighth-grade NAEP science, by jurisdiction: 2009

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> Score was higher or gap was wider than selected jurisdiction

< Score was lower or gap was narrower than selected jurisdiction

X Not significantly different from selected jurisdiction

The order of jurisdictions is based on numeric precision (up to eight decimal places) rather than the displayed precision and does not take statistical significance into consideration. To see whether there is a significant difference between jurisdictions, consult the column "Cross-jurisdiction significant difference."

Read specific descriptions of what fourth-graders should know and be able to do at the Basic, Proficient, and Advancedscience achievement levels.